PSYCH/SOC MODULE
Psychology
Cover the psychological concepts most often tested in behavior, cognition, development, health, and research passages.
Module overview
This module develops both foundational knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge to unfamiliar MCAT passages, experiments, tables, and clinical or research scenarios.
Topics covered
- Sensation and perception
- Learning and conditioning
- Memory and cognition
- Language and intelligence
- Emotion, stress, and motivation
- Human development
- Personality theories
- Psychological disorders
- Social psychology
- Health behavior and behavior change
Learning objectives
- Differentiate similar theories and terms
- Apply concepts to scenarios
- Interpret behavioral experiments
- Recognize biological influences on behavior
- Connect individual behavior to health outcomes
How this module appears on the MCAT
Questions may test direct knowledge, but many require you to combine passage information with foundational concepts. Focus on relationships, mechanisms, experimental changes, and elimination of unsupported answer choices.